Joel 2:3 in Other Translations
King James Version (KJV)
A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
American Standard Version (ASV)
A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and none hath escaped them.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Before them fire sends destruction, and after them flame is burning: the land is like the garden of Eden before them, and after them an unpeopled waste; truly, nothing has been kept safe from them.
Darby English Bible (DBY)
A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth; the land is as a garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness: yea, and nothing escapeth them.
World English Bible (WEB)
A fire devours before them, And behind them, a flame burns. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, And behind them, a desolate wilderness. Yes, and no one has escaped them.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
Before it consumed hath fire, And after it burn doth a flame, As the garden of Eden `is' the land before it, And after it a wilderness -- a desolation! And also an escape there hath not been to it,
| A fire | לְפָנָיו֙ | lĕpānāyw | leh-fa-nav |
| devoureth | אָ֣כְלָה | ʾākĕlâ | AH-heh-la |
| before | אֵ֔שׁ | ʾēš | aysh |
| them; and behind | וְאַחֲרָ֖יו | wĕʾaḥărāyw | veh-ah-huh-RAV |
| flame a them | תְּלַהֵ֣ט | tĕlahēṭ | teh-la-HATE |
| burneth: | לֶֽהָבָ֑ה | lehābâ | leh-ha-VA |
| the land | כְּגַן | kĕgan | keh-ɡAHN |
| is as the garden | עֵ֨דֶן | ʿēden | A-den |
| Eden of | הָאָ֜רֶץ | hāʾāreṣ | ha-AH-rets |
| before | לְפָנָ֗יו | lĕpānāyw | leh-fa-NAV |
| them, and behind | וְאַֽחֲרָיו֙ | wĕʾaḥărāyw | veh-AH-huh-rav |
| them a desolate | מִדְבַּ֣ר | midbar | meed-BAHR |
| wilderness; | שְׁמָמָ֔ה | šĕmāmâ | sheh-ma-MA |
| yea, | וְגַם | wĕgam | veh-ɡAHM |
| and nothing | פְּלֵיטָ֖ה | pĕlêṭâ | peh-lay-TA |
| shall escape | לֹא | lōʾ | loh |
| הָ֥יְתָה | hāyĕtâ | HA-yeh-ta | |
| them. | לּֽוֹ׃ | lô | loh |